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Beef judging at Morgan County Fair

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Austin Chalke gets ready to show his steer at the Morgan County Fair. (Jonathan Seib / Fort Morgan Times)

Don Mckenna talks with one of the competitors at the Morgan County Fair Beef Show. (Jonathan Seib / Fort Morgan Times)

At the Morgan County Fair, they saved the biggest for last. The beef show was on Tuesday night at the Morgan County Fairgrounds and if the words Judge John Mckenna were any indication, it was a deep field and a tough choice.

The full results of the market beef and breeding will be published later in the Fort Morgan Times.

The judge told the crowd that he had a hard time judging the showmanship portion of the event, because you had to judge the kids and not just the cattle. But he was very complimentary, taking time to talk to each entrant individually after the competition and telling the crowd something great that every one of them did.

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